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This book describes the current research directions and trends in the development of computer control of manufacturing systems for computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). Key issues addressed include control architectures, new scheduling and control approaches, software development architectures, cutting tool management, modelling and analysis tools and other recent advances.
| Contributors | |
| Preface | |
| The role of CIM architectures in flexible manufacturing systems | p. 1 |
| Hierarchical control architectures from shop level to end effectors | p. 31 |
| Characteristics of computerized scheduling and control of manufacturing systems | p. 63 |
| Priority rules and predictive control algorithms for on-line scheduling of FMS | p. 75 |
| Scheduling of automated guided vehicles for material handling: dynamic shop floor feedback | p. 108 |
| An integrated planning and control system for scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems | p. 142 |
| Autonomous control for open manufacturing systems | p. 169 |
| Applications of Petri net methodology to manufacturing systems | p. 207 |
| Recent developments in modeling and performance analysis tools for manufacturing systems | p. 231 |
| Qualitative intelligent modeling of manufacturing systems | p. 264 |
| Formal models of execution function in shop floor control | p. 285 |
| Object-oriented design of flexible manufacturing systems | p. 315 |
| Efficient and dependable manufacturing - a software perspective | p. 343 |
| Process plan representation for shop floor control | p. 379 |
| Integration of cutting-tool management with shop-floor control in flexible machining systems | p. 405 |
| An object-oriented control architecture for flexible manufacturing cells | p. 427 |
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ISBN: 9780412562006
ISBN-10: 0412562006
Audience:
General
For Ages: Up to 18 years old
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 490
Published: 31st July 1994
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5
x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.868
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